ATPS Newsletters

Content in Focus

• Using Technology for Transforming Waste to Energy in Developing Countries
• Socio-cultural Barriers and Challenges to Gender and Productive Uses of Energy
• Africa Moving towards Industrialization: A Call for Smart Policy Choices and Entrepreneurial states
• 3D Printing and the Global South
• And many more

Content in Focus

• ATPS Secures grant from AFDB
• ATPS and Its Partners Award Grantees to Support Artificial Intelligence Innovations
• Meet Our Grantees
• Developing a Place-based Approach to Entrepre neurial Capacity Building Across African Institution
• And many more

Content in Focus

• ATPS Wins Top Advocacy Award in Open Contracting
• Smart Villages- A New Holistic Development Paradigm
• A New Real World Skills MBA Programme for the Future of Africa

Content in Focus

• ATPS Ranked as the 1st Top Science and Technology Policy Think Tank in Africa and 10th Globally
• The World and COVID-19: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• University Students Assemble Kenya’s First Locally-Made Ventilator

Content in Focus

Content in Focus

• ATPS@25: Concept note and call for papers
•  ATPS appoints new Board of Directors
• ATPS signs MoU with AAS
• ATPS annual staff retreat
• Feature: Science, Technology and Innovation; is it the Answer to Food Security?
• Climate Change: Cooking method, air quality and respiratory health in Africa
• Climate smart agriculture: The Nigerian Experience
• Evaluation of some Marine Seaweed as Food Supplements
• Interview
• Scholarships/Opportunities

Content in Focus

• ATPS retains top Science and Technology Policy Think Tank clinching 1st
  position in Africa and 10th globally
•  ATPS wins the Tekeleza Climate Information Prize award
• Improving wide dissemination of climate change information using the
  online Interactive Collaborative Environment (ICE)
•  Air quality: Shining light on Africa’s silent killer
• Science Shared Campus:An Innovative Approach to Science Technology
  Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education
• ATPS co-hosts The African Annual Science Granting Councils 2018
  Meetings

Content in Focus

• ATPS Holds a Regional Climate Change Dialogue and Training Workshop
• Citizen Science Core in Developing Energy-Efficient Biomass Cookstoves
• ATPS Receives a New Grant from BioInnovate Africa Program

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Content in focus:

• ATPS Participates in the Third UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-3)
• RECIRCULATE Project Partners’ Visit to the ATPS
• ATPS Hosts the 2017 Science Granting Councils Initiative’s Annual Forum in Livingstone, Zambia
• Harnessing Solar PV Technology for Africa
• ATPS Conducts Training for Farmers and Extension Agents in Kenya on the Use of the LandInfo Mobile App
• Africa the Reservoir of Natural Resource Potential around the World: A Reflection from Liberia
• Towards Achieving SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
• The State of Climate Change in Cameroon
• Technology Road Maps in Ethiopia: Turning Policy Statements into Action
• ATPS Appoints New Board Members
• Opportunities

 Content in focus:

• Scientometrics as a Tool for Effective Evaluation of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Performance in a Developing Country Context
• ATPS launches its Project on Bridging Climate Information Gaps to Strenghten Capacities for Climate Informed Decision-making
• ATPS Appoints a New Board Chair
• ATPS Revamps its Website
• Credit Access: Challenges for Nigerian Farmers and the Way Forward
• Innovations in the Health Sector Helps Improve Livelihoods
• Kenya Bans Plastic Bags: Is it a Menace to the Environment or the Economy?
• Aligning ATPS Swaziland Chapter Activities with the National Goal to Attain First World Status by 2022
• Scholarships/Opportunities
• Vacancies

 Content in focus:  

• ATPS signs a Protocol of Agreement with the African Development Bank
• Africa’s Energy Crisis: Time to Look Inward
• ATPS participates at the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative Workshop
• The Role of Inclusive Partnership Arrangements in AgroFood Chains in Ghana: Benefits for Private Actors and Implications
• ATPS participates at the Innovative Strategies for addressing Africa’s Structural Developmental Challenges Workshop
• Transforming Africa’s Education System through Technology
• Emergence of Vision 2035: ATPS Cameroon Chapter
• Research and Development creates New Knowledge: ATPS Sudan Chapter
• ATPS Staff participates at the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship in Lancaster University
• Politics of Innovation: Why some Countries are Better than Others at Science and Technology

 Content in focus:  

• Africa’s Innovation Gap and the Imperative of Intelligent Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for Africa
• ATPS Ranked Best Think Tank for the Third Year in a Row According to a Global Report
• ATPS Participates in AGRIFOSE 2030 Workshop
• How India transformed its Economy through Science and Technology: A lesson for Africa
• ATPS Renews Cooperation with IDRC, Receives a Grant
• Revolutionizing Africa’s Economy through Agripreneurship
• Is Population Census Losing Relevance in the 21st Century?
• Policy and Development- Pathways to Impact
•   The Fate of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
•   ATPS Staff Participates at the Wilson Centre Fellowship Program
• ATPS Mourns the Death of some Network Members
• Grants Received by the ATPS during the Quarter
• New Appointments
• Scholarships/Opportunities 

Content in focus:

• Scientometrics and STI Indicators as an Option for Improving Science and Technology Development in Africa
• African Development Bank’s Appraisal Mission at the ATPS
• ATPS Staff Participate in the Capacity Development Training for Utilizing the AFAAS Virtual Social Network Platform
• NEPAD Engages ATPS Experts in the Implementation of the Science Granting Councils’ Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Emergence of Inclusive Partnership for Strategic Action in Agro-Food Chains: Changes Realized in Cassava and Soya 
• Value Chain in Ghana
• ATPS Conducts Training for Farmers and Extension Agents in Kenya on the Use of the LandInfo Mobile App.
• The Only Disability in Life is a Bad Attitude
• Soil Carbon Loss Mitigation: A Tool for Forest Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation
• ATPS Participates in the CAAST-NET Plus Workshop for Early
• Career African Climate Academics
• Grants Received by the ATPS during the Quarter
• New Appointments              
• Scholarships/Opportunities

Content in focus:

• ATPS Holds its 2016 Stakeholders’ Forum
• A Snapshot of the Proposed ATPS New Strategic Plan (2016-2020)
• You Are What You Eat: Demystifying Facts on Nutrition and Health Perspectives
• How can Value Chain and Value Chain Finance be made Functional in Africa
• ATPS Policy Study on Regulatory Harmonization of Veterinary Products’ Registration in East Africa
• Nigeria Launches a New Agricultural Policy
• Hinging the Vibrancy of ATPS Chapter on Linkages and Groomed Youth: Lessons from ATPS Uganda Chapter
• Youth and Entrepreneurship
• Automatic Solar Irrigation Management System
• Kenya’s Roadmap towards the Implementation of SDGs
• Kenyan Farmer Reaping Big from Banana Tissue Culture Business
• Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development in Africa: The Role of AYFST
• Going Green: A Panacea for Climate Change Menace in Africa
• My Experience as an Intern at the ATPS
• AAIN to Drive Agribusiness Agenda in Africa
• Why Africa should put much Emphasis on Science, Technology and Innovation
• 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Nairobi Declaration)
• Grants Received by the ATPS during the Quarter
• Scholarships/Opportunities

Content in focus:  

• How Can Science and Technology Policy be Formulated and Implemented in Africa? 
• Value Addition Gaps: The Bane to African Economy
• ATPS Wins Climate Information Prize 2016
• Biogas Taita: Improving Access to Low Carbon Energy through Biogas and Solar Thermal  Water Heating Systems
• ATPS Opens the 2016 Golden Climate Award
• Innovation in Sporting: Kenyan Pilot Leads a Major Gaming Company in Africa
• ATPS Relocates to a New Office
• ATPS Signs MOU with AAIN to Accelerate Africa’s Quest to Eradicate Poverty, Hunger and  Malnutrition
• ATPS Staff Participates in STEPS Centre Summer School
• USAID Awards Top Ten Young Innovators in Agribusiness
• Kenya to Host Innovation Africa 2016
• Opportunities

Contents in focus:

• ATPS tops the list as the Best Think Tank in Africa for the 2nd year in a row according to a Global Survey
• New innovation in malaria testing: The Urine Malaria Test Kit
• Innovative ways to communicate climate change to vulnerable
• Communities in Africa
• Mobile phones and the youth in Africa
• Science and technology for economic development in Nigeria
• Africa’s mineral wealth: The relationship between technology and potential destruction
• New appointments
• Opportunities

Contents in focus:

• The future of renewable energy technology through biodiesel production from Jatropha in Nigeria Policy Without Practice
• Chinese African Babies: A Ticking Time Bomb?
• Rethinking Africa’s Growth Pathway: The Role of Youth and Women
• Strides in filing of Patents in Kenya
• Differences in Gender Involvement Along Cassava Value Chains
• Opportunities
• ATPS New Board of Directors
• New appointments

Contents in Focus

• New leadership at ATPS
• ATPS Emerges as the Best Think Tank in Africa
• STI in advancing Higher Education

Contents in focus

• 2012 ATPS Annual Conference
• ATPS participates in the 1st Bio-Innovate Regional Scientific Conference
• Women and Youth in STI
• Bio-Economy through Policy in Eastern Africa
• ATPS Participates in UNESCO’s Science Policy Workshop
• ATPS launches new Chapters
• Spotlight on Chapters & Focal Points
• ATPS News Round UP

Contents in Focus

• Scientific Revival Day forAfrica – ATPS Uganda and Ghana
• ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop a Major Success
• ATPS Promotes Full Stakeholder Participation in the Research Funding Process
• Country Chapter Focus – ATPS Lesotho
• Kenya Talks Climate Change University Business Research and Innovation in Africa (UNIBRAIN)
• Nanotechnologies for Development in India, Kenya and the Netherlands: Enhancing policy-maker capacity to use evidence
• ATPS Publication Series
• ATPS Secretariat Staff Highlights

Contents in Focus

• New program on Intellectual Property Rights Launched
• Finals of Women and Youth in Science Competitions
• SET-DEV Manifessto Planning Workshop
• About the New Global Adaptation Network for Africa
• Launch of new Innovation Challange Programs for African Youth and Women
• Building a National System of Innovation in Nigeria
• Digitising Social Science and Humanities
• The role of Higher Education in Sustainable Development in Africa
• The University of Parlemo invites ATPS to the Panel for Natural resource Management.

Contents in Focus

• National Chapter Focus
• ATPS Concludes Water and Environment Programme
• Training of African Parliamentary Staff on Communicating Science to MPs
• Climate Change: Coping Strategies for East Africa
• ATPS Hosts Global ISEE 2008 Conference
• Pictorial, ATPS Partnerships
• Policy Brief Review – Bordering on a Water Crisis
• Barriers between Scientists and Journalists; Myth or Reality?
• SET-DEV Stakeholders Meeting

Contents in Focus

• High-powered ATPS Delegation Visits Finland
• ATPS Supports Engineering Students’ Exhibition
• Water and Environment Teams Review Work in Progress
• Partnership for Water and Sanitation
• ATPS Co-hosts a Regional Media Training Workshop in Lusaka, Zambia
• ATPS Supports “Power Up with ICT” Campaign
• Uganda Chapter Marks Scientific Revival Day of Africa
• The ATPS Tanzania Chapter Undertakes Study on Pilot Cluster Innovation Systems

Contents in Focus

• ATPS Discusses Science and Technology and Food Security in Maseru, Lesotho

• ATPS Expands to Southern Africa and Franco-phone West Africa
• The ATPS/RMRDC Training Workshop on Science & Technology Research Methodology, Policy Planning, Analysis and Implementation
• ATPS Gets New Legal Status as an International Centre
• Nigeria: Scientific Revival Day in Africa
• Chapter News
• Dakar Workshop
• Expansion of National Chapters

Contents in Focus

• Science and Technology and Africa’s Global Inclusion: 2002 ATPS Annual Conference and Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria
• Major Ministerial &Policy Forum at the ATPS Annual Conference in Abuja
• COMESA/SADC/ATPS Regional Workshop for Trade Negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda
• ATPS & SCIDEV working together to train Journalists in Science Communication
• ATPS launches a New Regional Research Programme on ICTs
• Chapter News

Contents in Focus

• Autonomy at Last
• Appointments and ATPS National Coordinators
• News from the National Chapters
• ATPS working with ACTS and other stakeholders
• ATPS holds its first Annual Research Conference and Workshop
• Interview with Margaret Gathoni Karembu (Ph.D)
• ATPS Newsbites